- 2016 Atlantic 10 Champions
- 2017 NCAA Quarterfinalist
- 2016 & 2017 NCAA Championship Appearance
Brett Axelrod, a former assistant coach at LIU, begins his third season as assistant men’s soccer coach at Fordham.
Axelrod helped coach the Rams to their second Atlantic 10 championship in the last three years. Working primarily with the goalkeepers, he coached Rashid
Nuhu, who earned Second Team All-Atlantic 10 honors and captured the Atlantic 10 Championship's Most Outstanding Player Award.
In 2017, Axelrod was a part of a run to the NCAA quarterfinals and a #11 national ranking in the United Soccer Coaches poll. Fordham finished the year with a school record 14 wins, posted two wins over nationally-ranked opponents, recorded its first two NCAA tournament wins over St. Francis Brooklyn and #11 seed Virginia, and advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals following an exciting penalty kick shootout win at #6 seed Duke, before falling to #3 seed North Carolina. In goal, Nuhu picked up First Team All-Atlantic 10 and All-ECAC honors, as well as USC All-Midwest Region Second Team accolades.
Axelrod spent the 2014 and 2015 season in Brooklyn, serving as an assistant coach at LIU where he worked primarily with goalkeepers. He helped the Blackbirds win the 2015 NEC Championship as LIU finished the regular season was a perfect 7-0 mark, ranking second in the conference in goals against average.
A four-year letter winner at Whitman College, where he also coached from 2009 to 2011, Axelrod received a degree in Sociology from the school in 2009.
Axelrod was a four-year starter in goal for Whitman, and was named the Northwest Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 2008, after leading the team to an 11-2-3 record with 10 shutouts. He was also the recipient of the Borleske Trophy, presented annually to the top male athlete at Whitman.
He has played semi-professionally with the Yakima Reds and Kitsap Pumas, both of the Premier Development League, and spent time training with Stoke City FC, Portland Timbers, and Crewe Alexandra FC.
After graduating, Axelrod was an assistant coach for both the men’s and women’s varsity soccer teams at his alma mater. He also served as the Executive Director of the Helena Youth Soccer Association in Helena, Montana. He also served as the interim Director of Soccer Operations for Asphalt Green in Manhattan and currently serves as the Sports Program Manager for the organization.
Axelrod holds a USSF National “C” coaching license.
